Paper Mill Lodge at Hewell Grange

A lodge to Hewell Grange, built in 1876 to designs in a Tudor revival style by the architect William Penstone.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the original building is roughly T-plan and had a freestanding outbuilding to the W. A later C20 extension now joins the two buildings. The lodge is built of red sandstone to the ground floor with timber framing above and a tile roof.

The former drive to Hewell Grange itself ran past the lodge on its E side.

DESCRIPTION

EXTERIOR: the lodge is characterised by its stone ground floor with decorative timber framing to the upper floor. The original main entrance door is on the E side under a projecting porch; the door itself is of timber with ironwork. The porch has rows of stone which support a timber upper structure, with carved and moulded sections forming a framework around the portal and a gable above with ornate bargeboards. To the left of the door, just outside the porch, is a small viewing hole allowing occupants of the lodge to watch the gates adjacent. Left of this is a four-light oriel window on carved timber corbels, with decorative leaded glazing. Above this a larger oriel projects at first floor level, with two high pairs of two-light windows also with decorative leadwork. The panels below the window have pairs of carved Tudor roses, with ornate carved timber in the upright sections between these and between the windows. The small gable above has a central 'W' with a coronet above and three Tudor roses.

To the N, there is a large gabled projection with an eight-light window at ground floor level, a three-light window in the gable above, which appears to be a modern replacement, and the date '1876' at the apex of the gable. The framing in the gable is mostly close-studded and squared with some curved braces. There is a small square window to the right of the projection and a single storey C20 extension, which is of lesser interest, projects to the W.

To the S, there is a further gable largely matching that to the N, although the ground floor window is an oriel. The C20 extension projects to the W and conceals the corner of the original building. There are two large brick chimneys on the roof of the lodge.

INTERIOR: the interior appears to be mostly modernised and retains few historic features. There are two mid-C20 fire surrounds to the ground floor.